Tal­ent sto­ries

Tak­ing the Leap: Ladislav’s Jour­ney to a Bet­ter Life

What hap­pens, when you take a leap into the unknown, leav­ing your own life behind in search of some­thing new? Meet Ladislav, the cur­rent Head of Oper­a­tions in Bloom Fin­land, who moved from Slo­va­kia, inspired by Oulu’s peace­ful nature.

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Embrac­ing Change: Fariha’s Jour­ney from Dha­ka to Oulu

Meet Far­i­ha, a master’s stu­dent at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu. From Bangladesh to the serene charm of Oulu, Fin­land, her jour­ney has been noth­ing short of a trans­for­ma­tive one. Dis­cov­er how the warmth of Oulu’s peo­ple, the chal­lenges of learn­ing a new lan­guage, and the beau­ty of Finnish nature have shaped her expe­ri­ence.

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Chas­ing Stars in Oulu: Nav­i­gat­ing the Path to Your Dreams

Meet Rabia, a cer­ti­fied teacher from Pak­istan, cur­rent­ly enrolled at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, study­ing Learn­ing, Edu­ca­tion and Tech­nol­o­gy (LET) mas­ter’s pro­gram.

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Work­ing hard to pur­sue the dreams: Polina’s sto­ry of appre­ci­a­tion

Polina’s jour­ney in Fin­land did not start in Oulu, but she is hap­py that it led her there. She is now pur­su­ing a degree in Tourism and dreams of doing impact­ful work at the city ser­vices.

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Embrac­ing Oulu: Adri­an’s Tale of Growth, Chal­lenges, and Suc­cess

Adri­an Canales is orig­i­nal­ly from Texas, USA. He has been liv­ing and call­ing Oulu his home for eleven years. Adrian’s plan com­ing to Fin­land was to start a new chap­ter of his life, con­tin­ue his edu­ca­tion and start a career.

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Cold Win­ters, Warm Hearts: Eduardo’s Finnish Adven­ture

Eduar­do Acos­ta, orig­i­nal­ly from Colom­bia, is research­ing cir­cu­lar econ­o­my at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu. He is also an Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu Ambas­sador.

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“How Oulu sup­ports my career and sur­rounds me with nature”

Mov­ing to Oulu has had a sig­nif­i­cant impact on Arjane’s life. She is from the Nether­lands, and moved to Fin­land in 2018. After liv­ing in Jyväskylä for a cou­ple of years, she came to Oulu just over a year ago.

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Meet Kevin Marples: “I been able to prac­tise my Finnish in a friend­ly envi­ron­ment”

Kevin Marples is orig­i­nal­ly from the UK and moved to Fin­land in 2022. Kevin has been work­ing as an intern at Inter­na­tion­al House, Oulu as part of his Inte­gra­tion Train­ing Course.

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From Ghana to Fin­land: Lukumanu’s path to Project Man­age­ment

In a world full of oppor­tu­ni­ties, Luku­manu Iddrisu’s remark­able jour­ney took him from the vibrant streets of Ghana to the unique city of Vaasa, Fin­land.

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From Tex­tile Design in South Korea to Social Ser­vices in Oulu, Fin­land

Life has a way of guid­ing us on unex­pect­ed paths, lead­ing to incred­i­ble trans­for­ma­tions. Meet Bora Kim, a kind indi­vid­ual who had a unique jour­ney from South Korea to Oulu, Fin­land.

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“There is some­thing for every­one in Oulu”

She­fat Islam is orig­i­nal­ly from Bahrain. Cur­rent­ly, she is a com­mu­ni­ca­tions intern and stud­ies MSc. in Mar­ket­ing at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu.

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“Don’t say ‘No’ when oppor­tu­ni­ties come knock­ing”

Vanes­sa Phekani came to Oulu from Malawi. She hold a bachelor’s degree in pub­lic admin­is­tra­tion and soci­ol­o­gy, and a master’s degree in edu­ca­tion and glob­al­i­sa­tion from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu.

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“What I love about the peo­ple here is that they are great lis­ten­ers”

Kamal Singh came to Oulu in 2010 for his stud­ies from India. At the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, he stud­ied to be a wire­less com­mu­ni­ca­tion engi­neer. Cur­rent­ly, Kamal is work­ing as a Net­work coor­di­na­tor.

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”Oulu is a help­ful place for inter­na­tion­al stu­dents, and peo­ple are nice”

Kiran Pan­dit came to Fin­land from Nepal and com­plet­ed a Bachelor’s Degree in Inter­na­tion­al Busi­ness at Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences (OAMK). He is a chair­per­son of the board of Pin­tames­tar­it.

“If you want to work in Oulu, believe in your­self and push hard”

Vik­tors Sobolevs came to Oulu from Latvia, and stud­ied at Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences (Oamk). Now, he works as a busi­ness prod­uct man­ag­er at Polar.

The incred­i­ble jour­ney of Chiara Boset­ti

Oulu Tal­ent Hub Ambas­sador Chiara Boset­ti, orig­i­nal­ly from Italy, came to Oulu one year ago. “I had great expec­ta­tions, and I cer­tain­ly got what I was look­ing for”, she says.

“North­ern Lights – the best thing to expe­ri­ence in Oulu”

Sharmin Farah came to Oulu from Bangladesh. Her life has changed sig­nif­i­cant­ly dur­ing the five years she have lived in Fin­land. Though it has been a roller­coast­er ride, I am enjoy­ing this jour­ney, Sharmin says.

“I feel pos­i­tive about my pos­si­bil­i­ties here”

Niy­ati Kandikan­ti is an ambas­sador for Oulu Tal­ent Hub, and she enjoys net­work­ing. – There are many oppor­tu­ni­ties in Oulu to inter­act with oth­er inter­na­tion­al stu­dents and vis­it new places.

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“I think every­body can find friends here”

Maja Tern­ing is from Trom­sø in North­ern Nor­way. She has been liv­ing here in Oulu for 16 years now, and work­ing with Business­Oulu for about eight years.

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